University of Cincinnati - Cincinnatian Yearbook (Cincinnati, OH)

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L. A. Pechstein. Ph.D. Dean of the College of Edueatjon H rSS! CIENCE has lately been studying human genius. Here is the verdict: — the |g£fc. . m genius is gifted by nature, true; yet he rises to greatness only if he likewise l2to2 3i displays persistence, confidence, and force of character. Alma Mater would give character equal plane with intellect. You have proved and developed your intel- lectual powers through twelve or more years of schooling. Are your ideals equally well educated? Alma Mater jealously cherishes your dual progress. 21

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R. C. Gowdy Acting Dean of the College of Engineering and Commerce {COMMENCEMENT stirs many emotions. To some it is a relief, to others a Wb regret, many feel highly confident and hopeful, a few, perhaps, are over- modest as they look upon their futures, and for all there is at least a touch of sadness in leaving friends, associations and material surroundings which through years have provided the experiences of daily life. The University has done its best to provide the means for moral, mental, and physical development. The results of this training depend on character, industry, and originality, and these traits, no amount or kind of formal teaching can alone create. 20

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L. T. More, B.S.. Ph.D. Dean of the Graduate School S73OU, MR. EDITOR, have urged me to give your classmates a parting word «f| which may live with them in future years. The best I can do is to remind f ifpj them that they have had, during four years, the privilege of learning the great legacies from the past in both letters and sciences. Recollect this experience as frequently as possible in order to enjoy the happiness of a full life and, from a knowl- edge of the success or failure of other times, to perfect a sound judgment in meeting the problems of the future. While most of you will not enter the Graduate School, yet it has unobtrusively been responsible for the scholarship which you have enjoyed. It is told of Saint Antony, of Padua, that he became a great leader of thought and conduct by first retiring into the desert; men, observing his disregard of ordinary affairs, out of curiosity followed him to his retreat in great numbers that they might learn of his power of self-control; so scholarship, as a true guide to life, should be sought for and ought not seek men that they may discover its rewards. c. ' 7 n Co 22